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    sequoia

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Plants
    se·quoi·a /sɪˈkwɔɪə/ noun [countable]  HBPa tree from the western US that can grow to be very tall 红杉 SYN redwood
    Examples from the Corpus
    sequoia• They included conifers much like today's pines, cypresses and sequoias.• For it crops up in the Rock-Drill Canto 87, in the 1950s: Only sequoias are slow enough.• If the sequoia is the biggest living thing, the coast redwood is the tallest living thing.    Origin sequoia (1800-1900) Sequoyah
    se·quoi·a nounChineseSyllable
    the Corpus from US can that tree western to a grow


    sequoia
    se‧quoi‧a /sɪˈkwɔɪə/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Origin: Sequoyah
    a tree from the western US that can grow to be very tall
       SYN  redwood


    se·quoiaBrE /sɪˈkwɔɪə/ 🔊NAmE /sɪˈkwɔɪə/ 🔊 nouna very tall N American tree, a type of redwood 红杉